THE SEAMEN’S PROVIDENT FUND ACT, 1966 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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SECTIONS 

1. Short title and application. 

2. Definitions. 

3. Seamen’s Provident Fund Scheme. 

4. Vesting of Fund, etc. 

5. Constitution of Board of Trustees. 

6. Committees. 

7. Appointment of employees of Board. 

8. Contributions. 

9. Determination of moneys due from employers. 

10. Mode of recovery of moneys due from employers. 

11. Fund deemed to be recognised Provident Fund under Act 43 of 1961. 

12. Protection against attachment. 

13. Priority of payment of contributions over other debts. 

14. Employer not to reduce wages. 

15. Inspectors. 

16. Penalties. 

17. Offences by companies. 

18. Power to recover damages. 

19. Transfer of account 

20. Power to exempt. 

21. Protection for acts done in good faith. 

22. Delegation. 

23. Power to remove difficulties. 

24. Scheme to be laid before Houses of Parliament. 

            THE SCHEDULE. 

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THE SEAMEN’S PROVIDENT FUND ACT, 1966 

ACT NO. 4 OF 1966 

 An Act to provide for the institution of a provident fund for seamen. 

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventeenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

1. Short title and application.—(1) This Act may be called the Seamen’s Provident Fund Act, 1966. 

(2) Unless otherwise expressly provided, the provisions of this Act shall apply to every seaman and to 

the employer of such seaman. 

[26th March, 1966.] 

2. Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “agreement with the crew” means the agreement referred to in section 100 or, as the case may 

be, section 114 of the Merchant Shipping Act; 

(b)  “Board”  means  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Seamen’s  Provident  Fund  constituted  under 

section 5; 

(c)  “continuous  discharge  certificate”  means  the  certificate  referred  to  in  section  99  of  the 

Merchant Shipping Act; 

(d) “contribution” means a contribution payable in respect of a member under the Scheme; 

(e)  “employer”,  in  relation  to  a  seaman,  means  the  owner  of  the  ship  on  which  the  seaman  is 

employed or engaged, or the agent of such owner or the master of the ship; 

(f) “Fund” means the Seamen’s Provident Fund established under the Scheme; 

(g) “Government” means the Central Government; 

(h)  “master”  and  “ship”  have  the  meanings  respectively  assigned  to  them  in  the  Merchant 

Shipping Act; 

(i) “member” means a seaman who is in possession of a continuous discharge certificate and who 

is admitted as a member of the Fund; 

(j) “Merchant Shipping Act” means the Merchant Shipping Act, 1958 (44 of 1958); 

(k)  “Scheme”  means  the  Seamen’s  Provident  Fund  Scheme  framed  under  sub-section  (1)  of 

section 3; 

(l) “seaman” means a person employed or engaged as a member of the crew of a ship under the 
Merchant  Shipping  Act  but  does  not  include  1[a  welfare  officer,  nurse,  musician,  pilot  or  deck 
barber]; 

(m) “service” means the period of employment of a seaman under the agreement with the crew 

and includes any period in respect of which wages are paid or are payable to him; 

(n) “wages” means the basic wages for the time being payable to a seaman under the agreement 

with the crew and includes— 

 (i) any remuneration to which he is entitled in respect of holidays or any leave period; 

 (ii) any increase of such wages in accordance with such agreement or any other agreement 

between the parties; 

but does not include the overtime allowance. 

3.  Seamen’s  Provident  Fund  Scheme.—(1)  The  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the                 

Official Gazette, frame a scheme to be called the Seamen’s Provident Fund Scheme for the establishment 
of a provident fund for seamen and there shall be established, as soon as may be after the framing of the 
Scheme, a Fund in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the Scheme. 

1. Subs. by Act 29 of 1997, s. 2, for certain words (w.e.f. 12-11-1998).  

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(2)  Subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  the  Scheme  may  provide  for  all  or  any  of  the  matters 

specified in the Schedule to this Act. 

(3)  The  Scheme  may  provide  that  any  of  its  provisions  shall  take  effect  either  prospectively  or 

retrospectively on such date as may be specified in this behalf in the Scheme. 

(4) The Scheme shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in 

force other than this Act or in any instrument having effect by virtue of any law other than this Act. 

(5) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to, amend, vary or rescind the 

Scheme. 

4. Vesting of Fund, etc.—(1) The Fund referred to in sub-section (1) of section 3 shall vest in, and be 

administered by, the Board constituted under section 5. 

(2) The moneys in the Fund shall be applied for— 

(a)  meeting  the  pay  and  allowances  of  the  employees  of  the  Board  and  other  administrative 

expenses of the Board; 

(b) carrying out the purposes of this Act. 

(3) All moneys in the Fund shall be deposited in 1[an approved bank] or be invested in such securities 

as may be approved by the Government. 

2[Explanation.—In  this  section,  “approved  bank”  means  the  State  Bank  of  India  constituted  under 
section 3 of the State Bank of India Act, 1955 (23 of 1955), or a subsidiary bank as defined in clause (k) 
of section 2 of the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act,1959 (38 of 1959), or a corresponding new 
bank constituted under section 3 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) 
Act,  1970  (5  of  1970),  or  a  corresponding  new  bank  constituted  under  section  3  of  the  Banking 
Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980 (40 of 1980).] 

5.  Constitution  of  Board  of  Trustees.—(1)  The  Government  shall,  by  notification  in  the                   

Official Gazette, constitute, with effect from such date as may be specified therein, a Board to be known 
as  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Seamen’s  Provident  Fund  which  shall  be  a  body  corporate  having 
perpetual succession and a common seal and may, by that name, sue and be sued. 

(2) The head office of the Board shall be in Bombay or at such other place as the Government may, 

by notification in the Official Gazette, specify. 

(3) The Board shall consist of— 

(a) a Chairman to be appointed by the Government; 

(b) not more than three persons appointed by the Government from amongst its officials; 

(c) three persons representing employers, to be appointed by the Government after consultation 
with such organisation or organisations of employers as may be recognised by the Government in this 
behalf; 

(d) three persons representing seamen, to be appointed by the Government after consultation with 
such organisation or organisations of seamen as may be recognised by the Government in this behalf. 

(4) The terms and conditions subject to which a member of the Board may be appointed and the time, 
place  and  procedure  of  the  meetings  of  the  Board,  including  the  quorum,  shall  be  such  as  may  be 
provided for in the Scheme. 

(5)  The  Board  shall  administer  the  Fund  vested  in  it  in  such  manner  as  may  be  specified  in  the 

Scheme. 

(6) The Board shall perform such other functions as it may be required to perform by or under any 

provision of the Scheme. 

1. Subs. by Act 29 of 1997, s. 3, for “the State Bank of India” (w.e.f. 12-11-1998). 
2. Explanation added by s. 3, ibid. (w.e.f. 12-11-1998). 

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6.  Committees.—(1)  The  Board  may,  from  time  to  time,  constitute  one  or  more  committee  or 
committees  for  exercising  any  power  or  discharging  any  duty  of  the  Board  or  for  inquiring  into,  or 
reporting and advising on, any matter which the Board may refer to such committee or committees. 

(2) A committee may include persons who are not members of the Board but their number shall not 

exceed one-half of its strength. 

7. Appointment of employees of Board.—(1) The Government shall appoint a Seamen’s Provident 
Fund  Commissioner  who  shall  be  the  chief  executive  officer  of  the  Board  and  shall  be  subject  to  the 
general control and superintendence of the Board. 

(2)  The  Government  may  also  appoint  as  many  Deputy  Seamen’s  Provident  Fund  Commissioners 
1***, as it may consider necessary, to assist the Seamen’s Provident Fund Commissioner in the discharge 
of his duties. 

(3) The Board may appoint such  other officers and employees as it may consider necessary for the 

efficient administration of the Scheme. 

(4) No appointment to the post of the Seamen’s Provident Fund Commissioner or Deputy Seamen’s 
Provident Fund Commissioner 2*** shall be made except after consultation with the Union Public Service 
Commission: 

Provided that no such consultation shall be necessary in regard to any such appointment— 

(a) for a period not exceeding one year; or 

(b) if the person to be appointed is at the time of his appointment— 

(i) a member of the Indian Administrative Service; or 

(ii)  in  the  service  of  the  Government  in  a  Class  I  or  Class  II  post  or  in  the  service  of  the 

Board. 

(5) The method of recruitment, salary and allowances, discipline and other conditions of service of 
the Seamen's Provident Fund Commissioner and of the officers referred to in sub-section (2) shall be such 
as may be specified by the Government. 

(6) The method of recruitment, salary and allowances, discipline and other conditions of service of 
other  officers  and  employees  of  the  Board  shall  be  such  as  may  be  specified  by  the  Board  with  the 
approval of the Government. 

(7) All persons appointed under this section shall be the employees of the Board. 

8.  Contributions.—(1)  Every  employer  to  whom  this  Act  applies  shall,  in  respect  of  each  seaman 
(being a member) employed by him, contribute to the Fund for the period beginning with the 1st day of 
July,  1964  and  ending  with  the  31st  day  of  March,  1968,  at  the  rate  of  six  per  cent.,  3[for  the  period 
beginning with the 1st day of April, 1968 and ending with the 31st day of December, 1977, at the rate of 
eight  per  cent.  and  thereafter  at  the  rate  of ten  per  cent.  or such higher rate  as  may  be  specified  in  the 
Scheme] of the wages paid or payable to each such seaman and every such seaman shall also contribute to 
the Fund an amount equal to the contribution payable by the employer in respect of him: 

Provided that the amount of contribution aforesaid shall, in so far as it relates to the period prior to the 
commencement of the Scheme, be payable by the employer or, as the case may be, by the seaman only on 
such  date  (being  a  date  not  earlier  than  sixty  days  after  the  commencement  of  the  Scheme)  as  the 
Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in this behalf. 

(2) The employer shall pay, in respect of each seaman (being a member) employed by him, both the 
employer’s contribution and the employee’s contribution and shall be entitled to recover from the seaman 
the employee’s contribution by deduction from his wages and not otherwise. 

1.  The  words  “and  other  officers  whose  maximum  monthly  salary  is  not  less  than  six  hundred  rupees”  omitted                                

by Act 29 of 1997, s. 4 (w.e.f. 12-11-1998). 

2.    The  words  “or  to  any  other  post  carrying  a  maximum  monthly  salary  of  not  less  than  six  hundred  rupees”  omitted                                

by s. 4, ibid. (w.e.f. 12-11-1998). 

3.  Subs. by s. 5, ibid., for “and thereafter at the rate of eight per cent.” (w.e.f. 12-11-1998). 

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(3) Every employer shall also pay such sums of money as may be specified in the Scheme towards the 

cost of administering the Fund. 

(4)  Where  the  amount  of  any  contribution  under  sub-section  (1)  or  any  sum  payable  under                    

sub-section (3) contains a part of a rupee, then, if such part if fifty paise or more, it shall be increased to 
one complete rupee and if such part is less than fifty paise it shall be ignored. 

9.  Determination  of  moneys  due  from  employers.—(1)  The  Seamen’s  Provident  Fund 
Commissioner  or  any  Deputy  Seamen’s  Provident  Fund  Commissioner  may,  by  order,  determine  the 
amount  due from  any  employer  under any  provision of  this  Act  or of the  Scheme  and  for this  purpose 
may conduct such inquiry as he may deem necessary. 

(2) The officer conducting the inquiry under sub-section (1) shall, for the purposes of such inquiry, 
have the same powers as are vested in a court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), for 
trying a suit in respect of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) enforcing the attendance of any person or examining him on oath; 

(b) requiring the discovery and production of documents; 

(c) receiving evidence on affidavit; 

(d) issuing commission for the examination of witnesses; 

and any such inquiry shall be deemed to be a judicial proceeding within the meaning of sections 193 and 
228, and for the purpose of section 196, of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). 

(3)  No  order  shall  be  made  under  this  section  unless  the  employer  has  been  given  a  reasonable 

opportunity of representing his case. 

(4) An order made under this section shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court of law. 

10.  Mode  of  recovery  of  moneys  due  from  employers.—Any  amount  due  from  an  employer  in 
respect of any contribution payable to the Fund, or damages recoverable under section 18 or any charges 
payable by him under any other provision of this Act or under any provision of the Scheme,  may, if the 
amount is in arrear, be recovered by the Government in the same manner as an arrear of land revenue. 

11. Fund deemed to be recognised Provident Fund under Act 43 of 1961.—For the purposes of 
the  Income-tax  Act,  1961,  the  Fund  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  recognised  provident  fund  within  the 
meaning of that Act. 

12.  Protection  against  attachment.—(1)  The  amount  standing  to  the  credit  of  any  member  in  the 
Fund shall not in any way be capable of being assigned or charged and shall not be liable to attachment 
under  any  decree  or  order of  any  court  in respect  of any  debt  or liability  incurred  by  the  member,  and 
neither the official assignee appointed under the Presidency Towns Insolvency Act, 1909 (3 of 1909), nor 
any receiver appointed under the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 (5 of 1920), shall be entitled to, or have 
any claim on, any such amount. 

(2) Any amount standing to the credit of any member in the Fund at the time of his death and payable 
under the Scheme to his nominee shall, subject to any deduction authorised by the Scheme, vest in the 
nominee and shall be free from any debt or other liability incurred by the deceased or the nominee before 
the death of the member. 

13. Priority  of  payment  of  contributions  over  other  debts.—Where  any  employer  is adjudicated 

insolvent,  or,  being  a  company,  an  order  for  winding  up  is  made,  the  amount  due  from  the  employer                
in respect of any contribution payable to the Fund, damages recoverable under section 18 or any charges 
payable  by  him  under  any  other  provision  of  this  Act  or  under  any  provision  of  the  Scheme  shall,                
where  the  liability  therefor  has  accrued  before  the  order  of  adjudication  or  winding  up  is  made,  be 
deemed  to  be  included  among  the  debts  which  under  section  49  of  the  Presidency  Towns  Insolvency           
Act, 1909 (3 of 1909), or under section 61 of the Provincial Insolvency Act, 1920 (5 of 1920), or under 
section 530 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), are to be paid in priority to all other debts in the 
distribution of the property of the insolvent or the assets of the company being wound up, as the case may 
be. 

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14.  Employer  not  to  reduce  wages.—No  employer  shall,  by  reason  only  of  his  liability  for  the 
payment of any contribution to the Fund or any charges under this Act or the Scheme, reduce, whether 
directly  or  indirectly,  the  wages  of  any  seaman  to  whom  the  Scheme  applies  or  the  total  quantum  of 
benefits in the nature of old age pension, gratuity or provident fund to which the seaman is entitled under 
the agreement with the crew or any other agreement between the parties. 

15.  Inspectors.—(1)  The  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  appoint  such 
employees of the Board, as the Government thinks fit, to  be Inspectors for the purposes of this Act and 
the Scheme, and may define their jurisdiction. 

(2)  Every  Inspector  appointed  under  sub-section  (1)  may,  for  the  purpose  of  inquiring  into  the 
correctness of any information furnished in connection with this Act or the Scheme or for the purpose of 
ascertaining whether any of the provisions of this Act or of the Scheme have been complied with— 

(a) require an employer to furnish such information as he may consider necessary in relation to 

the Scheme; 

(b) at any reasonable time and with such assistance, if any, as he may think fit, enter any office or 
board any ship, search the same and require any one found in charge thereof to produce before him 
for examination any accounts, books, registers and other documents in relation to the employment of 
seamen or the payment of wages to seamen; 

(c) examine, with respect to any matter relevant to any of the purposes aforesaid, the employer, 
his  agent  or  servant  or  any  other  person  found  in  charge  of  the  office  or  the  ship  or  whom  the 
Inspector has reasonable cause to believe to be, or to have been, an employee in the office or on the 
ship; 

(d)  make  copies  of,  or  take  extracts  from,  any  book,  register  or  other  document  maintained  in 
connection  with  the  Fund  and,  where  he  has  reason  to  believe  that  any  offence  under  this  Act  has 
been committed by an employer, seize with such assistance as he may think fit such book, register or 
other document or portions thereof as he may consider relevant in respect of that offence; 

(e) exercise such other powers as the Scheme may provide. 

1[(3)  The  provisions  of  the  Code  of  Criminal  Procedure,  1973  (2  of  1974)  shall,  as  far  as  may  be, 
apply to any search or seizure under sub-section (2) as they apply to any search or seizure made under the 
authority of a warrant issued under section 94 of the said Code.] 

(4) Every Inspector shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the 

Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860). 

16. Penalties.—(1) Whoever, for the purpose of avoiding any payment to be made by himself under 
this Act or under the Scheme or of enabling any other person to avoid such payment, knowingly makes or 
causes to be made any false statement or false representation shall be punishable with imprisonment for a 
term which may extend to  2[one year, or with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees], or with 
both. 

(2) The Scheme may provide that any person who contravenes, or makes default in complying with 
any of the provisions thereof shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may  extend to six 
months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. 

(3) Whoever contravenes or makes default  in complying with any provision of this Act shall, if no 
other  penalty  is elsewhere provided by  or  under this Act  for such  contravention  or  non-compliance,  be 
punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with fine which may extend to one 
thousand rupees, or with both. 

(4)  No  court  shall  take  cognizance  of  any  offence  punishable  under  this  Act  or  under  the  Scheme 
except on a report in writing of the facts constituting such offence made by the Seamen’s Provident Fund 
Commissioner  or  by  an  Inspector  appointed  under  sub-section  (1)  of  section  15,  with  the  previous 
sanction of such authority as may be specified in this behalf by the Government. 

1. Subs. by Act 29 of 1997, s. 6, for sub-section (3) (w.e.f. 12-11-1998). 
2. Subs. by s. 7, ibid., for “six months, or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees” (w.e.f. 12-11-1998). 

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17. Offences by companies.—(1) If the person committing an offence under this Act or the Scheme 
is  a  company,  every  person  who  at  the  time  the  offence  was  committed  was  in  charge  of,  and  was 
responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company, as well as the company, shall 
be  deemed  to  be  guilty  of  the  offence  and  shall  be  liable  to  be  proceeded  against  and  punished 
accordingly: 

Provided  that  nothing  contained  in  this  sub-section  shall  render  any  such  person  liable  to  any 
punishment, if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised due 
diligence to prevent the commission of such offence. 

(2)  Notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  sub-section  (1),  where  an  offence  under  this  Act  or  the 
Scheme  has  been  committed  by  a  company,  and  it  is  proved  that  the  offence  was  committed  with  the 
consent or connivance of, or is attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary 
or other officer of the company, such director, manager, secretary or other officer shall be deemed to be 
guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly. 

(3)  Where  any  offence  under  this  Act  or  the  Scheme  is  committed  by  a  company  not  registered in 
India and such a company has an agent in India which agent is also a company, then the provisions of this 
section shall apply to such agent as if the offence was committed by that agent. 

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section— 

(a)  “company”  means  any  body  corporate  and  includes  a  firm  and  other  association  of 

individuals; and 

 (b) “director”, in relation to a firm, means a partner in the firm. 

18.  Power  to  recover  damages.—Where  any  employer  makes  default  in  the  payment  of                          

any contribution to the Fund or in the payment of any charges payable under any other provision of this 
Act or under the Scheme, the Government may recover from the employer such damages, not exceeding 
twenty-five per cent. of the amount of arrears, as it may think fit. 

19. Transfer of account.—Where a seaman leaves the seafaring profession with no present intention 
of  resuming  that  profession  and  obtains  employment  in  any  establishment  to  which  the  Employees’ 
Provident Funds Act, 1952 (19 of 1952), applies, the amount standing to the credit of such seaman in the 
Fund shall be transferred, within such time as may be specified by the Board in this behalf, to the credit of 
his account in the provident fund of that establishment, if the seaman so desires and the rules in relation to 
that provident fund permit such transfer. 

20. Power to exempt.—(1) The Board may, by order in writing, exempt any seaman to whom this 
Act  applies  and  his  employer  from  the  operation  of  all  or  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  Act  if,  in  the 
opinion of the Board, the seaman is in enjoyment of benefits in the nature of provident fund or pension 
and  such  benefits,  separately  or  jointly  are  on  the  whole  not  less  favourable  to  the  seaman  than  the 
benefits provided by or under this Act. 

(2) Where an exemption has been granted under sub-section (1), the employer shall not at any time 
after the grant of the exemption, without the leave of the Board, reduce the total quantum of benefits in 
the nature of provident fund, pension or gratuity to which the seaman was entitled at the time of grant of 
such exemption. 

(3) Any exemption granted under this section may be cancelled by the Board, by order in writing, if 

the employer fails to comply with the requirements of sub-section (2): 

Provided  that  no  such  order  shall  be  made  unless  the  employer  has  been  given  a  reasonable 

opportunity of showing cause against the proposed cancellation. 

21. Protection for acts done in good faith.—No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against the 
Government or the Board or any officer or employee thereof in respect of anything which is in good faith 
done or intended to be done under this Act or under the Scheme. 

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22. Delegation.—(1) The Government may, by order, direct that any power or duty which by this Act 
or by the Scheme is conferred or imposed upon the Government (other than the power to frame a scheme 
under section 3) shall, in such circumstances and under such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the 
direction, be exercised or discharged also by such officer or authority as may be so specified. 

(2) The Board may, with the prior approval of the Government, delegate to its Chairman or to any of 
its employees, subject to such conditions and limitations, if any, as it may specify, such of its functions 
under this Act as it may deem necessary for the efficient administration of the Scheme. 

23. Power to remove difficulties.—If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this 
Act, the Government may make such order or give such direction, not inconsistent with the provisions of 
this Act, as appears to it to be necessary or expedient for the removal of the difficulty, and any such order 
shall be final. 

24. Scheme to be laid before Houses of Parliament.—Any Scheme framed under this Act shall be 
laid, as soon as may be after it is framed, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total 
period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and, if before 
the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, both Houses agree in 
making any modification in any provision of the Scheme or both Houses agree that any provision in the 
Scheme  should  not  be  made,  that  provision  of  the  Scheme  shall  thereafter  have  effect  only  in  such 
modified  form  or  be  of  no  effect,  as  the  case  may  be;  so,  however,  that  any  such  modification  or 
annulment  shall  be  without  prejudice  to  the  validity  of  anything  previously  done  under  that  provision.

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THE SCHEDULE 

[See section 3(2)] 

Matters for which provision may be made in the Scheme 

1. Seamen who shall join the Fund. 

2. The time and manner in which contributions shall be made to the Fund by employers and by, or on 

behalf of, seamen. 

3.  The  payment  by  the  employer  of  such  sums  of  money  as  may  be  necessary  to  meet  the  cost  of 

administering the Fund and the rate at which and the manner in which the payment shall be made. 

4. Other functions of the Board. 

5. The constitution of any committee for assisting the Board. 

6. The opening of regional and other offices of the Board. 

7. The manner in which accounts shall be kept, the investments of moneys belonging to the Fund in 
accordance with the directions issued or conditions specified by the Government, the preparation of the 
budget, the audit of accounts and the submission of reports to the Government. 

8. The conditions under which withdrawals from the Fund may be permitted and any deductions or 

forfeiture may be made and the maximum amount of such deduction or forfeiture. 

9. The fixation by the Government in consultation with the Board of the rate of interest payable to 

members. 

10.  The  form  in  which  a  seaman  shall  furnish  particulars  about  himself  and  his  family  whenever 

required. 

11. The  nomination  of  a  person  by  a  member  to  receive  the  amount  standing  to  his  credit  after his 

death and the cancellation or variation of such nomination. 

12. The registers and records to be maintained with respect to seamen and the returns to be furnished 

by employers. 

13. The fees to be levied for any of the purposes specified in this Schedule. 

14. The contraventions or defaults which shall be punishable under section 16. 

15. Further powers, if any, which may be exercised by Inspectors. 

16. The conditions under which a member may be permitted to pay premia on life insurance from the 

Fund. 

17. Any other matter which is to be provided for in the Scheme or which may be necessary or proper 

for the purpose of implementing the Scheme.  

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